After a tumultuous battle between land and sea, the waves engulfed and devoured the crumbled ruins of Atlantis. Proud of its conquest, the ocean refused to regurgitate its shattered remains, or give up clues of its whereabouts. Rather, it kept its hoard buried deep beneath the sand, where its secrets could not escape. Meanwhile, the humans spun magnificent myths and legends. Surely, such a place could not exist, and the sea fuelled this deception with its whispers to keep its treasure secret. However, Poseidon had finally had enough, and left a solitary coin upon the beach. The time had come.
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100 words. PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook
Goodness knows how I ended up at Atlantis from this photo prompt, except to say that my husband and I end up watching a lot of ancient history documentaries. Anyway, I had fun with this. We live right near the beach ourselves and have been through some nasty storms which have ravaged the coast, but no mysterious secrets have been revealed at our end.
This has been another contribution to Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wishoff-Fields. Every week, she posts a photo prompt and we write a hundred words to the prompt. I am constantly amazed at how these prompts stimulate my writing, and I strongly encourage you to get involved and have a go. You might surprise yourself!
Best wishes,
Rowena
Time will come.
Secrets will be unraveled!
love this!! when I was a kid I was very fascinated by ancient mysteries !
I rather like the idea that Atlantis might have had ramshackle beach concessions
Excellent story, Rowena. Enjoyed it.
Love a good bit of myth. Nice one.
Dear Rowena,
Wherever the muse takes us, we must go.
Shalom,
Rochelle
How you ended up there I can’t imagine either, but I’m pleased that you did! Nice one Rowena.
Thanks, Keith. I have absolutely no sense of direction, and it seems to have played out here as well.
Rochelle, that sounds like a great slogan for a t shirt and a great visionstatement for FF.
It is as if he is tempting them into an amusing game, well what else is he doing these days?
Sounds like the beginning of a marvelous adventure — or an apocalyptic chapter in revelations. Nicely done!
Thank you very much.
I love your explanation, James. Fabulous!
My pleasure.
One must not mess with the gods!
So true!
It’s hard not to like almost any Atlantis story. I even love the Stargate Atlantis series.